"To Have Ones Inheritance Hijacked Because He's Gay"

I became aware that a professional gay friend of mine had lost his last parent and was in a crises..

His only sibling, a brother, was working with his deceased father's girlfriend to deny his gay brother any family heirlooms (the straight brother is married and has children). While the Father's Will was clearas to monetary distribution, property was a bit vague.The gay brother should be denied most family property because he is gay and couldn't pass any property to children.

It looked to happen as the girlfriend was serving as the executor to the estate... Your thoughts?

It's a shame that when someone dies that a lot of families get all grasping about what's been left.

Fortunately I come from a fairly impoverished family and there won't be anyting to fight over.

My view on this situation is that your friend shouldn't dirty his hands on trying to keep hold of these heirlooms. They're only things, and he should rise above it if he can and keep hold of good memories instead.

Well I think everything turned out reasonably well. But it was because he anticipated this kind of behavior and made efforts years before to combat it. He insists that he isn't any worse off despite the efforts to the contrary. Meanwhile, apparently my gay friend learned his "brother" is an alcoholic and now is largely viewed as disturbed within that family. Kind of sad.